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Zanov

(real name Pierre Salkazanov) is a French artist specialised in expansive spacey, proggy synthscapes (next to Flamend Dialis, Heldon, Philippe Besombes).

Pierre Salkazanov published three major albums under the name ZANOV between 1976 to 1983. His long peacefully, processual (and sometimes experimental) electronic pieces represent the french answer to the legendary Berlin Kosmische scene.

(real name Pierre Salkazanov) is a French artist specialised in expansive spacey, proggy synthscapes (next to Flamend Dialis, Heldon, Philippe Besombes).

Pierre Salkazanov published three major albums under the name ZANOV between 1976 to 1983. His long peacefully, processual (and sometimes experimental) electronic pieces represent the french answer to the legendary Berlin Kosmische scene.

In Course of Time
**original warehouse find** In Course Of Time, his third LP was originally issued in Canada in 1982 and in France in 1983, although it contains works that he had began working in 1979. The material was originally shelved due to legal matters, although he continued to add some changes even after that. The Canadian edition came out in Les Disques Solaris, a recently created label that wanted to specialise in "cosmic" music. Zanov used the same equipment he had used on Moebius 256 301, albeit this …
Moebius 256 301
Again under the influence of both first and second generation of Berlin school musicians the LP will appeal to fans of Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream, but they will also find a big deal of Zanov's own personal sound on it, since as the musician himself reckons he had little contact with other peers of his generation, so besides a general love for the electronic gear used and the sounds you could make out of them the creative ideas behind his works were all his own. On his second album a richer…
Green Ray
Under the alias of Zanov we find the works of French electronic pioneer Pierre Salkazanov, who had started playing guitar in the 1960s in a Shadows styled band, Les Ambassadors. Instrumental rock was not enough for Salkazanov, he was always looking for evolution, so when a meeting with French synth player Serge Ramses (of "Secret" fame) got him into the world of synthesizers he just dived deep into the bourgeoning world of electronic music. He got himself his first syths and started producing wo…
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